The USDA threatened to halt imports of Mexican cattle and bison if Mexico fails to act against a flesh-eating screwworm fly ...

There are likely plenty of pests you haven't heard of until you come face-to-face with the damage they cause, like bean seed ...

The US public health agency said screwworm larvae cause extensive damage by tearing into the host’s tissue with sharp mouth ...

My earliest memories of the natural world are of the creatures that lived in our garden pond at my family home at Givendale, ...

For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...

"All of these pests have specific habitats where the larvae develop, which results in isolated populations ... Depending on ...

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...

The USDA best describes the etymology of the name screwworm: ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

Now, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that fruit fly larvae have a surprising sixth sense—they can detect electric fields. This ability, called electroreception, is common in animals ...